Standard Bearer of England
- Standard Bearer of England
The Standard Bearer of England was once an important office within the English army, especially during the times when Kings were still present on the battlefield. As standard-bearer Henry de Essex was greatly chastised when he threw down the English Standard and claimed his King was dead in 1153.
During the War of the Roses, each side had their own standard bearer. such as William Brandon, standard bearer of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond at the Battle of Bosworth field. During the English Civil War, Charles II's standard bearer was not called Standard Bearer of England as he was only proclaimed King in 1661 long after the civil war had ended.
It increasingly became an honorific rank, and in modern times it has been linked with the Queen's Champion.
Office holders
* Henry de Essex, Baron of Raleigh (until 1157. Forefeited 1163) [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=47835 Holywell - Hyssington | British History Online ] ] [ [http://www.nd.edu/~carlyle/PP2.pdf 23.PP bk2 ] ] [http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/essays.pdf]
* Robert Trussebut
* Peter de Preaux (d.1212)
* Richard Fitzhugh
* Sir William Harrington (d. 1440). Bore the Royal Standard at Agincourt (1415).
* Sir Lewis Robessart (d. 1430) [ [http://www.littlebentley.net/The+Village/Village+History/ Village History - Little Bentley Hall Waterways and Garden Show 2007 ] ]
* Sir William Burton, standard bearer to Henry VI in France (1421-29). Died at Battle of Towton in 1461.
* War of the Roses (1455–1485)
* Davydd ap Mathew of Towton (from 1461 under Edward VI) [ [http://www.forum.militaryltd.com/general-military-history/m21775-clash-kings-towton-england-s-bloodiest-day.htm Clash of Kings at Towton: England's Bloodiest Day - Military Forum ] ]
* Sir Anthony Browne (d. 1506)
* Sir Ralph Egerton (d. 1527) "for life with a salary of £100 per annum" [www.thornber.net/cheshire/htmlfiles/bunbury.html]
* Sir Anthony Browne (d. 1548) in 1547 [ [http://www.ancientworlds.net/aw/Post/759913 The Biography of Sir Anthony Browne, Knight, Part I ] ]
* Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu in 1553
* Sir Edmund Verney standard bearer to Charles I [ [http://www.nottshistory.org.uk/articles/mellors1908/civilwar_part1.htm Nottinghamshire: history and archaeology | The Civil War: 1642-46 (part 1) ] ]
* Lieutenant-Colonel John Lindley Marmion Dymoke
References
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